The main aim of this dissertation is to gain more insight into the interplay of two processes that may contribute to the emergence of socioeconomic health inequalities in adolescence and young adulthood: social causation ...

Once considered a rare condition, eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) – a chronic, allergen-driven disorder of the esophagus – is now one of the most common conditions diagnosed during the evaluation of food impaction in adults. ...

The continual increase in domestic and industrial wastewater poses a significant challenge, as conventional wastewater treatment methods struggle to effectively remove persistent organic micropollutants (OMPs). OMPs, ...

Plants defend themselves against pests and pathogens by activating an elaborate gene regulatory network (GRN). Large parts of this GRN are regulated by the defense-related plant hormones jasmonic acid (JA), abscisic acid ...

The idea that dominance hierarchies structure and rule the social lives of animals is currently a widespread concept/theorem in the behavioural sciences. The terms ‘alpha male’, ‘pack leader’, ‘top dog’, ‘pecking order’ ...

When Indian people in de nineteenth century left British India and moved to Surinam they didn’t prepare themselves to build up a Hindu society in Surinam or in The Netherlands. Most of them worked as indentured labours for ...

As the title suggests, this thesis is devoted to machine learning algorithms for stochastic control with applications in mathematical finance. In the first two chapters, we utilize neural networks to find the optimal ...

Metabolic homeostasis of amino acids is fundamental to human health and development. Accordingly, altered amino acid metabolism has been found to contribute to the pathogenesis of a variety of diseases, including cancer ...

Model-based scenarios represent a backbone for future climate change analyses, aiming to inform policy responses and designs. Emission scenarios play a crucial role, e.g., in assessing mitigation strategies evaluated by ...

The liver is the major organ involved in the biotransformation of drugs and other chemicals. Disturbance of this process can lead to accumulation of toxic compounds and is therefore a key determinant in liver toxicity. ...